The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-09

hgence, wealth and virtue ot tho State. Thi
negro cultivated the soil, harvested the pro
were provided III both races. Thefe * WI n
every reason why the relation should con
Time friendly, and both eorrespondinRly
prosper wicked, selfish and deaigping moi
vent among the pegfoea, informed them 81
their. numerical strength, perverted theii
imag inatiUns and aroused hostility 10 tht
white race. The story Of
MIsRuLE AND BAD GOVERNMENT,
for the aelhsh benefit Of few wicked, bad
men in Louisiana became scandal told III
/ every household in this great country. There
Was no aspiration In life to which ambition
eouid look. There was no security 10 per.
son Or property. The public treasury was
fettened that i might DO robbed Lieef-
] lougneeg and depraYity were triumphant.
/ Manhood was debased and peeulRtion was
was the rule, IT vas negro domination.
| what wonder there was rebellion against that
such authority, In distant States the wrongs
were reou1nted and sympathy expraased
I The purpose to overthrow the whole Etrue-
termined "a fail. The men III tisis Atate wore
| hKed in tile resolution 10 regain the control
/ OF their State, and having once gotten it,
never again to surrender tito negro domino
The whole country looked on at the effort
and admired the splendid struggle the good
| people Of Louisiana had made and applauded
had made the came fight IN South Carolina,
and tow years before Vance had led the
| Democratic voters OF the old North State m q
similar battle againgt earpet-bag and negro
rule, IL was proud day for Louisiana. lii
another State ! Watched the struggle and
Inade up my mind % come TO Louisiana 10
I'VE; 70 cast my lot with this people.
1 have said that the good people Of the
State resolved meyer 10 surrender TIE State To
| negro dOminati0n. They were aggressive,
determined, Rs 1 thought then and believe
BOY. They wanted strong men and strong
| II not crushed. BtFAnRefA had eaten M
tleiF substanee; the State had been plnn-
dered and d9spoiied. the. people were poor,
everything like public Institution was
feeble and lsngaishing, wisdom IN the oonn-
Oils Of the State was needed. Strong hands
% hold uD and encourage were looked Tor.
made me same battle, and see how similar
the eQnaltion Of thinRs there AZ We retnem-
Per " have existed here, How they have
steadily advanced in material wealth and
and the supremacy Of the white race.
VIII not stop to dwell on the causes of
the yellow fever of 1875. II may have been
because the State had been 20 exhansted Dy
hddlcal rnie for 80 many years that the re-
ible. However itmRy have been, the people
Of the State demanded o change. They
called for q new Constitution. They placed
n he campaien Of 1870 / favored Gen.
Fred, Ogden. 1 believed then, a. / think
now, that he repTeaented heroic virtues, that
m gss strong N principle 9pd aggressive in
brought into the State under false pretenseB;
lllas ~ nat 9sen a1llfed ~ tle Whisper or
IN Asn1 - VIC wv I'LL ptehsn y we
tbe NJ eafsst ~ d5 XXI Nas
men who had suffered wrong, OF men gho
Ilanifesty wanted 10 correct abuses and adj.
s KY ~ Y ni Il pI9spsflty. Ihsy Rgarqed
g aia & ShctsYe PIlYllegea ~ be
aPosilgl tagii gIis f2ka " tlsy wanted man
uisSg9t! !ss N sfssy elAa h9d were ADsFRl m
fiSn. XIV a14ad to w 1iens ~ saRfs
siotti WV 4He4ptteu sG9holllgal h!ll .Rlpple
~ " fbfi sti epogh ~ We ~
o.A5tt ~ agElf4b3 " tAAb STATE, AZ Atst SLOW
S ysSr s eyat919ss Dot continually Increasing
1000 ORDER iles pfeYa!ied7 and tiie people
nave sense 81 security. III thelf pefeohA and
RlgPeftys, 40 you pelleF6 Ebht ~ ~ dlls to
WHITE SUPREMACY
,,.r1,.
Pte Ft1s W9hld nor W undeFstood ~ be-
51s I9s!le Y Ene hegEo, except ge Dc y
hs g whether q negro or white man muEt
kqFsIp, mere can Pc mt one answer ~ this
stats oI eeetl2ni liSe ele yetio4 tne edpga
bl2nl hnq geneTA4 |euAFe 81 That race can Do
S 4il , ea4iLuFted 70 tbe while population
Ahe tieBtlLy ~ 0uE etate, l4 tutnre, ltg
kkobhh &hq aeyeiopmenb the papplRafg OF |
Af-AN~l +tfF IVA NAAAtPAfNASA " VIZ WAllAg /
F@{S Sgi 80 ..,.,
Whatever hlnmph over necessity, over |
PoyeIssy, oyer leaofance, oyer weakness we |
t4ek Iofi, % lDqsi come from thet race. In |
XII XXX seeo III XIV N XII
tls obstacles to ,progrese and IasteEial de- |
Selognlent mugt Pc pushed @side. whoever \
8leheqqneRs, stamps N ule way must pc re- /
ana pfeaice, 81 batTed 6T a5i1g X XXI
fta I5ta Of
etty ana eoffqpnQnf Y that race ~ nIltQr 4
tnnRtei We Ell protect them; II u - tiiit- 1
sfalei VS. VIII educate them; Dqt We VIII not l
ttpelr bends anywhere " this niagniBcent /
power 20 blight % 70 weaken, the poBef 10 l
tsisl sJld w oiq Pfek ia9 ,dgyelopflslt q
x the grand destihy!qt oqF statel they VIII
snare ~ ~ me dement's, they and thelE chill
o1ens 91lidreni Pm u not, rs VIII 20 for
ward without and in EfIlkg of Them 4